PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia has asked a group of homeless people who have taken shelter in a Center City PATCO station to temporarily move their belongings so city sanitation workers can clean the underground corridors.Philadelphia's Office of Homeless Services said crews will be at 13th to 15th and Locust streets around 11 a.m.
Wednesday to offer outreach programs like temporary housing and connection to drug, alcohol or mental health services. "We're down there several times a day, and we have been for several months, offering services to people.
And more than two dozen people have accepted services," Office of Homeless Services Director Liz Hersh said. She called the effort a "lifeline" that is also necessary for health and safety.A.